Baton Rouge Community College
Academic Affairs Master Syllabus
Date Submitted: March 1, 2012
Course Name: International Management
Course Number: MANG 228
Lecture Hrs. 3
Lab Hrs. 0
Credit Hrs. 3
Course Description: Examines and explores cross-cultural and international management issues
and analyzes the problems of managing in an international marketplace. This course includes topics
such as strategic, cultural, legal, and socio-ethical issues of international management. Functional
areas of international business such as human resources, operations, marketing, research and
development, and accounting will be examined from a managerial perspective.
Prerequisites: BUSN 110
Co-requisites: None
Suggested Enrollment Cap: 25
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the students will be able to:
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Explain the reasons why businesses choose to go international.
Recognize the implications of international business for organizations and citizens.
Examine the impact of the changing global business environment on management.
Explain how and why the world’s countries differ.
Recognize the implications of cultural differences for managing international business.
Identify different strategies that business can adopt to compete in the global marketplace and
enter specific foreign markets.
7. Explain the role played by functional departments (i.e. marketing, operations, and human
resource management) in an international business environment.
8. Describe ethical issues that can arise when doing business internationally.
Assessment Measures: Assessment of all learning outcomes will be measured using the
following methods:
1. Homework, projects, presentations, and/or class work.
2. Exams and/or quizzes.
3. Common questions will be administered by all sections of the course at the end of the semester
assessing the student's knowledge of the learning outcomes.
Information to be included on the Instructors’ Course Syllabi:
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Disability Statement: Baton Rouge Community College seeks to meet the needs of its
students in many ways. See the Office of Disability Services to receive suggestions for
disability statements that should be included in each syllabus.
Grading: The College grading policy should be included in the course syllabus. Any
special practices should also go here. This should include the instructor’s and/or the
department’s policy for make-up work. For example in a speech course, “Speeches not
given on due date will receive no grade higher than a sixty” or “Make-up work will not
be accepted after the last day of class.”
Attendance Policy: Include the overall attendance policy of the college. Instructors
may want to add additional information in individual syllabi to meet the needs of their
courses.
General Policies: Instructors’ policy on the use of things such as beepers and cell
phones and/or hand held programmable calculators should be covered in this section.
Cheating and Plagiarism: This must be included in all syllabi and should include the
penalties for incidents in a given class. Students should have a clear idea of what
constitutes cheating in a given course.
Safety Concerns: In some programs this may be a major issue. For example, “No
student will be allowed in the safety lab without safety glasses.” General statements
such as, “Items that may be harmful to one’s self or others should not be brought to
class.”
Library/ Learning Resources: Since the development of the total person is part of our
mission, assignments in the library and/or the Learning Resources Center should be
included to assist students in enhancing skills and in using resources. Students should
be encouraged to use the library for reading enjoyment as part of lifelong learning.
Expanded Course Outline:
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International Business
A. An Overview of Globalization
B. Country Differences in Political Economy
C. Differences in Culture
D. Ethics in International Business
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Competing in a Global Marketplace
A. Strategy of International Business
B. Organization of International Business
C. Entry Strategy and Strategic Alliances
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International Business Operations
A. Global Production, Outsourcing and Logistics
B. Global Marketing and Research & Development
C. Global Human Resource Management
D. Accounting in the International Business